Ortus et occasus veterum regum ac regnorum
- Description
- A history of ancient kings and kingdoms around the Mediterranean and in Asia. Some of the sections are based upon the Roman historian Justinus' work, and act as a commentary to Justinus.
- Creator
- Gronovius, Joannes Fredericus, 1611-1671
- Overmeer, Cornelius ab (scribe)
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- commentaries
- histories (literary genre)
- Manuscripts, Latin
- Manuscripts, European
- Date
- 1713
- Language
- Latin
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Subject
- Justinus, Marcus Junianus. Historiae Philippicae
- History, Ancient -- Early works to 1800
- History, Ancient
- Extent
- 131 leaves : paper ; 150 x 95 (115-130 x 65-75) mm bound to 160 x 100 mm
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Professor of history, rhetoric and Greek at the University of Leiden, and later the librarian of the University.
- Table of contents: 1. p.1-9: Regnum Assyrium.
- Table of contents: 2.p.10-14: Regnum Medorium.
- Table of contents: 3. p.15-17: Assyrii reges secundi.
- Table of contents: 4. p.17-21: Reges Chaldaeorum ex Ptolemaeo.
- Table of contents: 5. p.22-25: Reges Lydorum.
- Table of contents: 6. p.26-46: Regnum Aegyptiorum.
- Table of contents: 7. p.47-54: Reges Persiarum.
- Table of contents: 8. p.55-76: Reges Atheniensium ad Justino libro 2 capitulo 6.
- Table of contents: 9. p.77-98: Reges Lacedaemoniorum ad Justino libro 3 capitulo 2.
- Table of contents: 10. p.99-114: Reges Thebani ad Justino.
- Table of contents: 11. p.115-142: Reges Macedoniae.
- Table of contents: 12. p.143-148: Reges Epirotarum.
- Table of contents: 13. p.149-156: Tiranni Siculorum.
- Table of contents: 14. p.157-164: Reges Battiadae Cyrenensium.
- Table of contents: 15. p.165-170: Tyranni Heracleae Ponticae.
- Table of contents: 16. p.171-177: Regis Pergameni.
- Table of contents: 17. p.178-189: Reges Aegypti post Alexandrium.
- Table of contents: 18. p.190-210: Reges Syriae et Asiae post Alexandrium.
- Table of contents: 19. p.211-227: Reges Parthorum.
- Table of contents: 20. p.228-248: Index in usum huius libelli.
- Title from title page (f. i recto).
- Pagination: Paper, 131 leaves; [i-x], 1-227, [228-262]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper right recto.
- Script: Written in a cursive book hand by Cornelius ab Overmeer (p. 248).
- Decoration: Later bookplate with initials BVH inside upper cover and coat of arms; floral and vine motif stamped on covers is repeated in ink on title page.
- Binding: Contemporary gilt calf (Zacour-Hirsch).
- Origin: Written in the Netherlands (Zacour-Hirsch), 1713 (p. 248).
- Latin, with some Greek notes in margins.
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1224
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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